Cinjun Erskine is regarded as one of the top up-and-coming quarterback prospects in the Garden State. The 6-2, 205-pound Barnegat (N.J.) signal caller has already received verbal offers from Miami (Fla.) and UMass, and he's generated interest from Penn State, Maryland, Pitt, Notre Dame and Ohio State. But it's an offer from his home-state school that is of optimum interest to Erskine. However, he hasn't heard from the program since the
beginning of the 2013 high school football season.

"I haven't really heard from them, but they just let go of
their quarterbacks coach," said Erskine, the junior. "So depending on who they get in
there, we'll see what happens."

Erskine has a high opinion of the Scarlet Knights.

"Rutgers is on the up-rise, they are going to the Big Ten so
they are gonna start getting some good recruits," he said. "And coach Flood is
doing a good job there so I would love to get an offer from there."

Erskine believes his dual-threat ability separates him from
many of the prospects the Rutgers staff has recruited as of late.

"The fact that my coaches let me run the ball in the read
option, I think that helps the team," he said. "Especially because defenses
have to account for me running the ball, too. So the fact that I can run the
ball along with throw it, I think helps me out a lot."

Erskine and company fell to Delsea (Franklinville, N.J.),
31-7, in the final round of the NJSIAA South Group 3 sectional playoffs.
However, the depth of this past season's Barnegat team was composed mostly of underclassmen.
So the Bengals (10-2, 6-1) have good reason to believe they could be back in the title game this
time next year.

"We've got a lot of guys coming back next year. We are young.
Besides the line, which we'll still have Sam (Madden), we have everybody coming
back," said Erskine. "We had 8-9 players in our senior class this year. But
there are 18-19 juniors that started this year at some point during the season.

"When we lost the state championship this year, the first
thing I said to the team is there will be 364 more days from that night that we'll
be playing for a state championship next year," he continued. "I actually
believe that based on the fact that we are gonna work hard and we have the
talent to do it."

Erskine was selected Third Team All-Group 3, Second Team
All-Shore Conference, First Team All-B South Division and B South Division
Player of the Year. He also holds the Barnegat school record for the high jump
at 6-3.

In addition to his work on the gridiron, Erskine competes in
track and field. Hence, schools are also taking a long, hard look at his decathlon
potential.

"I'm really starting to work out for track because I'm
getting looks from Stanford, Harvard, Rhode Island and Washington. I'm
looking to pick-up some of those Ivy League offers," Erskine said. "I throw javelin,
discus, the shot put and I high jump. Stanford and Harvard are looking at me to
do decathlon."

In 2013, Erskine completed 78 of 142 passes for 1,119 yards and 15 TDs (to only eight INTs). He also ran for 652 yards and six TDs. Erskine is being recruited as a quarterback by certain institutions and as an athlete by others.